Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion - Couverture souple

French, Amanda; Rousmaniere, Dana; Faulkner, Jeanne; Thomforde, Susan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1592335330 ISBN 13 : 9781592335336

Editeur : Fair Winds Press, 2013

Synopsis

How to give birth is the most important decision of a woman’s pregnancy, but navigating the maze of options is overwhelming. The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion clearly lays out the process for eight successful birthing plans from home births and hospital births to a natural unmedicated delivery and C-sections. Each path outlines the latest research on every technique and procedure from water birthing to medications and includes “Real Deal” and “Inside Information” sections that detail the huge variations parents-to-be sometimes encounter. Written by an OB/GYN, nurse/midwife, and neonatal nurse, this photo-filled essential guide presents the most balanced and comprehensive perspective on all aspects of delivery today including red flags that indicate when another birthing plan may be more appropriate as well as helpful strategies and trimester-by-trimester schedules for the smoothest birth experience possible.

“Every expecting mom is hungry for information and guidance. The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion is that and so much more! In order to attain our personal best throughout pregnancy, as well as during and after childbirth, access to information and services are key. Women need to feel prepared and supported going into motherhood.”
—Christy Turlington Burns, Author, Living Yoga: Creating a Life Practice, and Founder, Every Mother Counts

“The authors have taken a comprehensive, straightforward, and truly unbiased look at the many childbirth options available to women today. This is an indispensable guide for expectant mothers everywhere.”

—Alexa Joy Sherman, deputy editor, Natural Health magazine

“From the best experts in the field of childbirth, The Complete Illustrated Birthing Companion is a real-life guide to the entire process of having a baby. Most importantly, it explains the spectrum of choices, from drug-free home birth to what to expect during a C-section, and everything in between. Don't go into labor without it!”

—Peg Moline, editor-in-chief, Fit Pregnancy magazine

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Amanda French, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. is a Boston-based, board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist who completed her training at Boston Medical Center. She has been employed in private practice and as a Clinical Instructor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She has also worked as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. Currently, Dr. French is practicing at Beth Israel Deaconess-a Newsweek top-10-rated hospital.

Susan Thomforde, C.N.M. has been a practicing nurse midwife for more than 27 years. She's been called "a midwife's midwife"-the highest compliment in midwifery. Susan has taught classes on emergency delivery for the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) conference. She was a member of the Tufts University faculty while working at St. Margaret's Hospital and has been an adjunct faculty member for Yale University, Case Western Reserve University and University of Pennsylvania midwifery students. She resides in the Boston area.

Jeanne Faulkner, R.N., has a 20-year history as a labor and delivery, postpartum, neonatal and NICU nurse and a ten-year history as a health writer/journalist. She shares her real world perspective and practical advice on the obstacles and opportunities Suparents face both inside and outside the hospital in her weekly column for Fit Pregnancy Magazine online called Ask The Labor Nurse. She is also an advocate, writer, speaker and lobbyist for global women's and maternal health issues and has traveled with CARE (a global humanitarian organization) to work with mothers around the world. She lives in Portland, OR.

Dana Rousmaniere is a Boston-based writer, editor and author who has written for print and online publications including Good Housekeeping, Healthy Living, Living Fit, Women's Health, The Atlantic Monthly Online, Babble.com, CaféMom.com and more. She was Managing Editor of Fit Pregnancy Magazine online for many years, and has also held positions as Senior Producer at Lifetime Television Online and New Media Editor for Hearst Publishing. Her Fit Pregnancy blog, The Charlie Chronicles, was a finalist for the 2007 Maggie Awards for Best Regularly Featured Web Column. Dana continues to write and work for some of the most-visited parenting sites online, including Babble.com and CaféMom.com.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fair Winds Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1592335330
• ISBN 13: 9781592335336
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 224
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